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“Nail Your Law Job Interview is well written and wonderfully comprehensive. It provides specific examples, directions, and instructions in every aspect of finding a law job. Although it’s written for the new grad, experienced lawyers will benefit from it too.”
–Judi Perkins, the Renegade Job Coach
“Nail Your Law Job Interview comprehensively explains the nuances of interviewing in the law sector. Mini-case studies and the authors’ own experiences enhance their advice…and provide excellent and little-known information. No aspiring attorney should be without this book.”
–Katharine Hansen, PhD, creative director of Quintessential Careers, and author of Top Notch Executive Resumes
Law students, laterals, government lawyers, and even senior in-house attorneys often make costly mistakes during interviews. Nail Your Law Job Interview provides tips, examples, and substantive advice on different kinds of job interviews. It is the only comprehensive interview book for lawyers.
Through real-life examples and tips from hundreds of prominent legal professionals, this book reveals successful interview strategies, insider perspectives, and bold moves.
Topics include:
* Unique challenges facing foreign and “involuntary” job applicants.
* Questions not to ask and answers to avoid.
* Body language, gap-fillers, and effective interview questions.
* What to wear, what to bring, and how to do your homework.
* Lunch interview etiquette.
* Dealing with inappropriate questions and arrogant interviewers.
* Tips for working with a headhunter and negotiating an offer.
Nail Your Law Job Interview is a must-have for every candidate who hopes to obtain a legal position in today’s legal market!
User Ratings and Reviews
4 Stars Really solid stuff
I would have rather had this book than most of the advice I got during law school. I was lucky to see an advance copy of this book while I was hunting for a job last Spring and it really made a difference. Also, having been on the other side of the table in interviews, I can say that it definitely provides accurate insight for law students who want to nail their job interviews. That said, a good chunk of the information in here is obtainable from other sources, so I can’t give it 5 stars. But it is nice to have it all in one place, and without any of the bad advice mixed in that you often find elsewhere.
5 Stars Super helpful, practical and an easy read
Very helpful book! By far, the best career guide for lawyers that I’ve ever read.
5 Stars An Excellent Guide for Law Job Interviewing
Amazingly accurate and completely accessible – this book offers useful, practical advice for finding, preparing and excelling at law job interviews. Whether you’re in law school just beginning your career, have been recently laid off, or are an experienced attorney who has practiced for years but is looking to move, mastery of the skills and lessons given in this book is essential. As a practicing attorney who has been both the interviewer and the interviewee, I know that I would have benefited greatly had this book been available years ago, and can safely say that certain interviewees would have been best served reading this book before interviewing. From providing general principles of proper etiquette and dress, to detailed examples of what, when and how to say the right things in almost any situation, this book is an absolute necessity. Funny and surprisingly insightful, it is evident that the authors have done their research and know what they are writing about.
5 Stars Nail Your Law Job Interview
In today’s economy and state of unemployment this is a must have book. It provides a great incite into getting an interview, preparing for it and going through an interview. Authors describe the smallest details that you must consider in preparation for the interview and give great tips on how to land a job. The greatest part is that the book not just generally describes how to behave during interview, but gives specific examples of responses and questions that you need to ask. Nail Your Law Job Interview: The Essential Guide to Firm, Clerkship, Government, In-house, and Lateral Interviews
